Carnival Squash
On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:50:32 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser
> wrote:
>On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 7:44:27 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:59:34 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons
>> > wrote:
>> >On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 6:56:02 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>> >> On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 07:35:42 -0400, Dave Smith
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >I only started using it recently.
>> >> Maybe it's a lot more common and liked in Europe and Australia than in
>> >> the US. Every country has its peculiarities. Americans love corn (and
>> >> bourbon). Japanese children hate green "bell pepper". Personally, I
>> >> love blanket statements.
>> >>
>> >I detested green peppers when I was a kid. Now I like them a lot, and
>> >like them even more when they are ripe.
>> Me too. I was surprised to hear that green ones are to Japanese
>> children what Brussels sprouts and red cabbage were to me as a child.
>
>And beets. Yuck!
My mother hated them so we never had them.
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Bruce
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